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“Good Day LA” anchor Araksya Karapetyan learned all she really needed to know at her immigrant family’s Malaga Cove Ranch Market by Elka Worner The Malaga Cove Ranch Market is a touchstone for Araksya Karapetyan, linking her family’s proud immigrant story to her own rise to prominence as a respected fixture of local television news.  […]

by Kevin Cody Thelma and Richard Greenwald bought the 17-room Seasprite Hotel, on the Strand in Hermosa Beach as an investment property in 1964. Richard and his twin brother Robert owned Del Amo Dodge, on Hawthorne Boulevard. A few weeks after buying the Seasprite, the manager quit, leaving Thelma to manage the motel. On her […]

by Mark McDermott GROW, the family-owned farm-fresh produce market and grocery store, came into being two decades ago with a fairy tale by the beach beginning. The story was that in 2003, a little boy named Brendan Fisher, freshly arrived from the Central Valley to Manhattan Beach, quite naturally hoped to become an ocean-going kid. […]

If you ask Beach Cities residents what our area lacks when it comes to restaurants, the answer is clear: casual family restaurants. Not fast-food, counter serve, of which we have plenty, but a place where people of all ages can relax and dine on the style of American food they might find in a classic […]

Writer/director Lila Avilés has always been intrigued by the chaos of families, especially large Latin American families where boundaries are fluid and views of life are often contradictory. In “Tótem” she tells a story of family as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Sol. It is a significant day in the life of young Sol […]

of the Mad Video Lab There has been a lot of talk recently about  Cedric Jones, who spoke at a Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan Beach. Words like “dynamic, inspiring, love, motivational and educational” were used to describe his speech.